Sprout is planning to sell replacement motherboards for certain iPods. “Sprout only replaces the motherboard and uses your iPod’s original parts. No soldering required, and fully reversible.” Bluetooth, WiFi, 500K songs, USB-C, even streaming.
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I'm intrigued... if anyone had to guess at a price for something like this, what would you imagine?
Not cheap, especially at the volume they can reasonably expect to sell. I'm hoping for $300 or less? If you look at the iPod mod aftermarket, you can spend $1000 easy on a fully hot rodded iPod Classic, so there is definitely some appetite for higher end price tags, but a man can dream.
hmmm. I just recently resurrected my iPod Classic and upgraded the failing drive with an SD card mod and more capacity. I use a Bluetooth dongle to connect to headphones, so that might be a benefit to this. Last thing I want is streaming and apps... I already have a phone and trying to get AWAY from those things.
Neat! Could be interested in a model that supports later generations with color screens.
The iPod features as they were are still enough for my uses, so modern add-ons aren't of interest to me. Anyone similar looking to get an iPod may want to know about Retrospekt and Elite Obsolete Electronics, both of which sell refurbished iPods.
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